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Reflectors tested at rail crossings

REGINA, Sask. - Concerns over collisions at railway crossings in the province have led a group of Saskatchewan organizations to test the installation of reflective markings in several municipalities.T...

New sled delivers humane approach to downer hogs

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A unique invention by a Canadian food inspector is making it easier for hog haulers to unload unhealthy animals.Darren Malchow, primary products inspector with the Canadian Food In...

U.S. backpedals on Pacific Hwy.

SURREY, B.C. - U.S. Customs is singing a different tune after facing stiff opposition over a crackdown on drivers at the Pacific Highway border crossing, between B.C. and Washington State.After severa...

Deluxe Freightliner trucks

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - In its continuing effort to bridge the gap between O/O styling and fleet performance, Freightliner has unveiled its new Class 8: The Columbia DX.This deluxe edition unit is the lates...

Eaton guns for automatic market

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Eaton Corporation has unveiled its first fully automatic medium-duty transmission for the trucking industry - the new Eaton Fuller Automatic six-speed.The fully automatic, two-pedal,...

Dane offers new van design

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Savannah, Ga.-based trailer manufacturer, Great Dane, has rolled out its latest commercial offering to build off the successful P-Series line: The P-101.Rob Fortney, director of nati...

One heck of a KW concept

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Sometimes it's fun to take a step back and take a good hard look at the imagine-if-we scenarios in life. With this in mind, Kenworth has developed a new W900L concept vehicle.Borrowi...

Righteous reefers

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Achieving proper cooling capacity in your refrigerated trailers is obviously critical, however, there are a number of ways to get there.Before a reefer dealer gets around to makin...

HTS Western Star, Parkway Sterling merge

AYR, Ont. - Providing all of the due diligence work checks out, HTS Western Star and Parkway Sterling will merge to form a single company on May 1.The resulting new dealership, operating primarily out...

Sask. road cash

REGINA, Sask. - Saskatchewan's new premier, Lorne Calvert, promised to make the province's highways a priority, and he came good during the March budget announcement.A total of $311.7 million will be ...

Table 3: Characteristics of US Truck Crashes

Fatal Non-Fatal Percent of crashes occurring during "normal" weather83.0% 84.5%Percent of crashes occurring on dry road surfaces...

Trucks roll on capital

FREDERICTON, N.B. - Hundreds of protesting truckers, angry over upcoming work on the new Fredericton-Moncton highway, swarmed New Brunswick's capital last month. About 250 truckers parked their tracto...

Freight volumes are on the rise again but it may not last

There's good news about freight volumes coming out of the manufacturing sector, at least for the short term. Manufacturers regained some lost ground in March, as shipments rose 1.7 percent following F...

Uniform safety ratings may be around the next corner

OTTAWA, Ont. - The finish line may finally be in view nine months after a report blasted bureaucratic foot-dragging for being one reason Canada still lacks a nation-wide commercial-vehicle safety rati...

Rock group celebrates first birthday

ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. - Fresh from several major successes, the Newfoundland and Labrador Carriers Association (NLCA) is looking for stronger ties with owner/operators and the Newfoundland government for ...